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Where Did I Come From? | 
| Author: Peter Mayle
Publisher: Lyle Stuart
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
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Rating:  124 reviews
Sales Rank: 6045
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 9.2 x 0.2
ISBN: 0818402539
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.63
EAN: 9780818402531
ASIN: 0818402539
Publication Date: December 1, 2000
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Condition: Brand new item. Over 4 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Few left in stock - order soon. Code: K20090102113130G
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Product Description
Covers the basic facts from love-making, orgasm, conception and growth inside the womb, through to the actual birth day. This book names all the names and shows all the important parts of the body.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 119 more reviews...
 Very entertaining! January 8, 2009
The book is interesting to say the least. I can hardly believe that someone would actual use this book for their children, but as a college student my friends and I, we enjoyed it immensely! Very entertaining!
It arrived before scheduled and was nicely taken care of! I recommend it!
 NOT so great December 27, 2008
I bought this book to read to my 6 year old. After receiving it and reading it I realized its a bit strong. This book goes into detail about the actual act of intercourse and what happens. A more immature perspective on it rather than just the facts. It gives a poor description at that. I am not one that shys away from talking about this subject with my children, and this book gives a poor decription of it all. I would rather give my kids the facts and a more christian background and explanation on birds and the bees. I did read some of this to my oldest daughter and I had to fill in where the book is lacking and skip certain things so I could better explain them.
Very Disappointed and do not understand why this book has been around for 30+ years.
 Wow! Very disappointing!! December 15, 2008
I got this book because I feel sex education is very important. I was raised by a Labor & Delivery room nurse and a reproductive biologist set of parents. We had very scientific and meaningful discussions about all topics relating to love and reproduction. I was appalled with the humorous implication of sex in this book. We came from sperm? "this sticky stuff is how you and I and all of us started" What about the preparation of the the egg? And the combinations of DNA? An orgasm feels like a sneeze? What are we kidding? Now kids will never think of sneezing the same. And anyway, if that is how others' orgasms feel... so sad for you! And a woman's orgasm does not originate from the vagina. All the boys -and girls for that matter- who read the book will forever be confused! Why do kids need to have the feeling of an orgasm explained anyway? I appreciate the attitude of frankness in the book; However, I think it is blatantly written by a man (our poor daughters) and leaves out the amazing science of reproduction. I will continue my search for a book with better content.
Better ways out there December 3, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I checked this book out in a local bookstore, and I have to say, I was pretty disappointed in it. I didn't like the overall "masculinity" of the book as a whole. They give names to female anatomy that I don't think are conducive to a child's learning of the physiology of humans, and yet the male parts are given straight forward names. Why do the female ones get slang words instead?
I wasn't happy with the effort put into describing all aspects of sex. Why do children need to know exactly what it feels like, what it looks like, etc? Really, shouldn't they just learn that it's an expression of love and they'll learn the rest soon enough? Don't children have enough on their plates as it is without them having to deal with graphic sexuality at such young ages?
I truly feel the best way to talk to your child about sex is to do just that, talk to them. Don't just go buy some book and hand it to them and expect that to work.
Definitely not what I wanted, especially for a girl November 21, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I gave this book two stars instead of one because it won't hurt the child if he/she reads it. But it's definitely not what I had in mind for the first conversation with my 8-year-old daughter about how babies are made, and I'm glad I looked at it at the store before committing.
Problem number 1 is that there is too much emphasis on the description of the sexual intercourse and feelings during it. For this age, I would prefer something focused on reproduction and anatomy. The whole book is just a dozen pages, and this part takes up three or four of them! The description is cheesy, silly and just doesn't do the deed any justice ('wiggling' and 'tickling' are the typical words).
Problem number 2 is, as mentioned by other reviewers, that it's very male-centric. There is nothing about where the egg comes from, nor a picture of it. When the anatomical differences are discussed, it simply says boys have a penis and girls don't, end of discussion, and not what girls do have.
Problem number 3 is that the font is too large with small spacing, so I found it hard to read. And I didn't fancy the pictures much.
I also find it kind of distasteful that there is a whole page in the beginning talking about what an embarrassing subject this is and how difficult it is to talk about it. Maybe if sex education books didn't start with warnings like that and dealt with the matter in an age-appropriate manner, it would be much easier.
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